Aspect Ratio Enhancement

1. A method comprising: obtaining video information having a first ratio of length to width; and automatically determining additional video information for a wider width display, wherein said additional portion is calculated based on a shape of objects within said at least an edge portion, and wherein said automatically determining comprises determining objects in said edge portion, determining shapes which represent likely continuations of said objects, and producing said additional video information which includes information indicative of a continuation of said shapes.

2. A method comprising: obtaining video information having a first ratio of length to width; and automatically determining additional video information for a wider width display, wherein said automatically determining comprises classifying objects within the video information, and stretching some, but not all of the video information horizontally by a specified amount based on said classifying.

3. A method as in claim 1 , wherein said classifying comprises determining if the object can be stretched one dimensionally without distorting its look.

4. A method as in claim 1 , wherein said classifying comprises determining if the object can be stretched one dimensionally without distorting its look, stretching the object in a single dimension if it can be stretched, and stretching at least one object in two dimensions while maintaining an aspect ratio of the object, if the object cannot be one dimensionally stretched.

5. A method as in claim 2 , further comprising stretching other parts of the video information horizontally by a second specified amount based on said classifying.

6. A method as in claim 2 , further comprising displaying said additional video information along with said video information, on a video screen.

7. An apparatus, comprising: a processing element, which receives video information as an input thereto, said video information having a first ratio between length and width of the video information, and said processing element operating to automatically determine additional video information for display on a display with second, wider ratio between length and width, wherein said processing element determines a texture of said at least edge portion, and calculates said additional video information having a texture related to said calculated texture, wherein said processing element automatically recognizes shapes within said video information, and calculates a continuation of said shapes in said additional video information.

8. An apparatus, comprising: a processing element, which receives video information as an input thereto, said video information having a first ratio between length and width of the video information, and said processing element operating to automatically determine additional video information for display on a display with second, wider ratio between length and width, wherein said processing element operates to classify objects within the video information to determine information indicative of whether the objects can be stretched one dimensionally.

9. An apparatus as in claim 8 , wherein said processing element stretches vertical portions of said video information based on objects classified within said vertical portions.

10. An apparatus as in claim 9 , wherein said processing element stretches some vertical portiOns more than it stretches other vertical portions.